AC knocked while crossing door?
A few years ago I bought a used Carriage 30RLS with ducted AC. This has always been stored inside a storage building. This building has 2owners who I will call A and B. The door is just barely high en...
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dougrainer wrote:Well I gotta disagree. Using water to "check for leaks is ALWAYS a bad idea. One never knows just where the leak is, and where it will show up. Sometimes it can enter at one place on the roof, and run over to a wall and down the inside of it. You may not even see it if you are looking where you think it should be. So you could proclaim it good, only to have wall damage later on down the road... And that is just one example of what can go wrong.Huntindog wrote:TucsonJim wrote:NO!!! Water can cause damage. Whether from rain, or a sprinkler.
I'd loosen the mounting bolts, reposition, then put a sprinkler on the roof for a while to check for leaks. If you don't have any leaks and the unit is functioning okay, you're good to go.
I would pull the unit, inspect the area for damage, fix as needed and install a NEW gasket.
If you want to check for leaks, have the unit pressure tested.
This is good. NEVER use a rain booth or sprinkler to check for leaks. Use a "pressure test". Yea, right. water only causes damage if not caught in a timely fashion. Most AC's can be slightly moved like what the OP had happen as long as they are bolted from the inside. The "tell" if the roof is probably damaged is the damage on the roof top unit. If it is creased or smashed in the odds are the roof material may be damaged. You can take the AC loose and lift up and easily inspect for damage. Then align and re bolt down. Unless the gasket is old and extremely compressed, there is no need to replace it. Doug
TO the OP... Though it is unlikely that you have serious damage, the consequences of being wrong are severe... I would remove the AC, and give it a really good inspection. LOOK, LISTEN, and FEEL the rafters etc, while someone else walks around on the roof. This will give you the best chance of discovering hidden damage such as a cracked rafter that will get worse when the unit is bouncing down the road.
A fix NOW if needed will be MANY times cheaper than a fix later.
Good luck, and let us know the outcome.
